First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about.

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.

People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.